Minnie Terese ( Minna) Gnadt

Brief Life History of Minnie Terese ( Minna)

When Minnie Terese ( Minna) Gnadt was born on 13 August 1864, in Germany, her father, Carl Albert Gnadt, was 45 and her mother, Augusta Taube, was 32. She married Emil Louis Nofs on 28 April 1886, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 50 years. She died on 19 July 1948, at the age of 83, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emil Louis Nofs
1860–1934
Minnie Terese ( Minna) Gnadt
1864–1948
Marriage: 28 April 1886
Edith Florence Nofs
1887–1951
Elvira L Nofs
1889–1976
William Charly Harason Nofs
1890–1966
Emily Louisa Nofs
1892–1966
Mathilde Nofs
1892–
Emil Waldimar McKinley Nofs
1895–1964

Sources (30)

  • Minnie Gnaat in household of Charles Gnaat, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Minnie T. Gnadt, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
  • Minnie Nofs, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

South German: topographic name for someone living on an incline, from Old High German gināda ‘incline, slope’, or a nickname or status name for someone who received a fief (feudal property) "by grace", from Middle High German genāde ‘grace, pity, compassion, trust support, protection’.

German: from Middle High German genāde ‘inclination to help, grace, favor’, probably a nickname for someone who enjoyed the favor of his feudal lord.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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